Saturday, April 21, 2007

Alcohol 'Time-Bomb' of Aborigines


A report from one of Australia's most respected research bodies has shown that alcohol abuse claims the life of an Aborigine every 38 hours.
Suicide is the greatest cause of death among intoxicated indigenous men; for women it is liver cirrhosis or strokes.
Australia's National Drug and Research Institute has described the situation as "very bleak".

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